The Kano State House of Assembly has passed a bill seeking to regulate tuition fees charged by private schools, including a provision limiting any fee increase to 10 percent.
The legislation, titled the Kano State Private and Voluntary
Institutions Board (Amendment) Bill, 2026, was passed on Monday after scaling
the third reading during plenary.
The bill was read by Bashir Diso, clerk of the house, before
lawmakers considered it at the committee of the whole.
Lawan Hussaini, majority leader of the house, said the
amendment requires private primary and secondary schools to engage their
Parent-Teacher Associations (PTAs) before introducing any increase in school
fees.
He added that any agreed increase must not exceed 10 percent
of the existing tuition.
The executive bill, which has been transmitted to Abba
Yusuf, governor of Kano, for assent, also prescribes new qualifications for the
executive secretary of the private and voluntary institutions board.
Under the proposed law, the office can only be occupied by a
retired or experienced educationist who attained at least grade level 14 in the
public service.
Hussaini also said private schools would no longer be
allowed to charge students more than 10 percent above the official registration
fees fixed by external examination bodies, including the West Africa
Examination Council (WAEC), the National Examination Council (NECO) and the
National Business and Technical Examinations Board (NABTEB).
The amendment further reduces the statutory levy payable by
private schools to the board from 15 percent to five percent.
According to the majority leader, the changes are intended
to strengthen oversight of private and voluntary institutions, streamline their
administration, and protect parents from arbitrary increases in school fees
while raising education standards across the state.
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